Attorneys for the man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death have nodded to autism spectrum disorder in asking the court to ensure the 30-year-old wouldn’t get the death penalty if convicted,

Kohberger's defense team filed a motion on Monday that seems to cite autism spectrum disorder as a reason to throw out the death penalty. The details of the motion are not public at this time.

The defense team for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 might ask a judge to take the death penalty off the table because of autism, court records show. A “Motion to Strike the Death Penalty Re: Autism Spectrum Disorder” was filed Monday by Bryan Kohberger’s defense team.